Fourth graders puncture holes in black paper to represent stars in constellations. They glue white paper behind the black to show the stars. They create several constellations and keep them to use as study guides.

Students work in small groups to find pictures that represent the fractions 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4. They paste their examples onto bulletin board paper and share their results with the rest of the class.

Students define and discuss congruency and the corresponding parts between congruent triangles. They create a pair of congruent triangles, test for congruency, and complete a worksheet.

Students brainstorm elements of nature art prints and photos. They identify the syllable count of Haiku and take a nature walk. They write Haiku poems while practicing the use of simile, alliteration, metaphor, and analogy to describe...

First graders create a list poem using the letters of their names. They describe themselves in the poems, present them and publish a class poetry book.

First graders compare an apple to unlike things in a simile poem. ie: The apple tastes sour like a lemon. When poems are complete, have students share their simile poems with the class and finish eating their apples.

Students create a dodecahedron shaped visual report of the literary elements of a short story.

Students work together to find and spell Thanksgiving. On a obstacle course, they follow the cones to search for the letters. If they acquire an incorrect letter, they are required to do either push-ups or sit-ups. To end the lesson,...

Learners comprehend the concept of self assessing and being able to demonstrate a self awareness to asses their own skill ability. They are each given three popsicle sticks-green, yellow and red. Students use their popsicle sticks to...

Students practice throwing and catching jacks to improve their hand-eye coordination. In groups, they participate in a variety of games in which they use the jacks to improve their problem solving skills. To end the lesson, they pick up...

Fourth graders collect data about the habitats of pinniped adaptations using digital probes. They determine how pinnipeds make adaptations to their natural environment by completing an experiment to determine how human and pinniped...

Young scholars can practice this activity as a warm-up during the month of December. It's a great way to teach students about different types of exercises and how they relate to the different components of fitness.

Students are introduced to the characteristics of pueblo pottery and create their own piece of pueblo inspired pottery. After a brief lecture into the history and methods creating pueblo pottery, students use provided materials to create...

Students identify the bald eagle as the national symbol of the United States and explain what the symbol represents. They work to create their own symbol and explain why their created symbol is an appropriate representation of the United...

Students create a dyed flower garden. In this art lesson, students read the book Tiny Seed and cut flowers out of tissue paper to create a paper flower garden.

Students construct Santas. In this holiday lesson, students demonstrate how to cut with scissors and glue with glue sticks to create their own Santas from paper and felt. Students work on developing their fine motor skills.

Students explore a calendar. In this calendar and math instructional activity, students view a video clip about using a calendar. Students participate in a game in which a game board is used to identify days of the week, dates, and months.

Middle schoolers explore the work of Xu Bing. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the art piece "Monkeys Grasp for the Moon" and compare it to the Buddhist folktale on which it is based. Middle schoolers create animated flip...

Students create nyon nea masks. In this African art lesson, students design and create nyon nea-style hats that demonstrate beauty as used by the Dan.

In this ball bearing instructional activity, students read the text on ball bearing, answer vocabulary questions, find the synonyms, answer short answer questions, and more. Students complete 7 activities.

Students collect and plot data on a graph. For this statistics lesson, students analyze the distribution of a sample and predict the outcome. They find the line of best fit and discuss what would make the sample larger.

Second graders identify a historical figure, his or her societal contributions and basic biography using a Kidspiration graphic organizer and library resources. They use the Internet to conduct an historical treasure hunt in groups.

Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..

Second graders categorize fish crackers into groups by color and compare the two groups using the symbols <, =, and >. They use concrete objects to solve number sentences with equalities and inequalities.